destroyedsynagogues

I had not seen the photos of Kristallnacht before; this is terribly compelling. Thanks for sharing this history with us on Flickr.

Somehow, from the documentaries I watched as a child in Hebrew school, and other sources like that, I always associated Kristallnacht with smashed windows in storefronts, sort of small stuff like that, though happening on a widespread scale of course. Somehow I never thought of massive, impressive buildings such as this one being set aflame. This is probably the largest and most impressive shul I've seen in photos... far more architecturally attractive than, for example, my own home shul out on Long Island. ... It's shots like these these that really make you think, what if it were your shul? what if it happened to you? And brings the whole thing home so much more strongly, more powerfully.

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Flickr Commons, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

Wow... really poignant for me as I just moved to this city. Thank you for sharing.

wow! -- Seen in Rimel Neffati's favorites. (?)

L.Moll = Leonhard Moll Betonwerke GmbH

The inscription in Hebrew is: "In the city of Leipzig 14000 Jews fell victim to Fascist terror"

The German says that "here on the 9th of November, 1938, the great synagogue was destroyed by fascists. Do not forget this."

Thank you for these translations!